

Matt Houston
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
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Seasons

1.X-22 (1)
26-09-19821hSynopsis coming soon.

2.X-22 (2)
26-09-19821hSynopsis coming soon.

3.Stop The Presses
03-10-19821hother characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on the...

4.Deadly Fashion
17-10-19821hHouston's old flame (Cristina Ferrare), a model, hires him when she is accused of killing her employer, a famous fashion designer.

5.Killing Isn't Everything
24-10-19821hA pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.

6.Who Would Kill Ramona?
31-10-19821hother characters: Todd Gallager, Rick Matt enters the film world to investigate after a drink from a faded star's (Janet Leigh) glass instantly kills her new leading man.

7.Recipe For Murder
07-11-19821hother characters: Roger Marsden (murdered) A restaurant critic's (James Coco) dinner is disrupted when a gelatin mold brought to his table contains his partner's severed head.

8.Shark Bait
21-11-19821hother characters: Alice, Wyndell Murdock, Glenda Collins, Sam Gleason Matt steps in when the mother of a Malibu lifeguard fears her daughter will be the next victim of a series of...

9.The Kidnapping
28-11-19821hother characters: Tony An old friend (Hugh O'Brian) calls in Matt when kidnappers snatch a seriously ill Arab prince during a jet flight to Los Angeles.

10.Joey's Here
05-12-19821hother characters: Riley (Security Guard), Ms. Stevenson (Secretary) A robot designed by an electronics genius (David Cassidy) murders the brother (Troy Donahue) of it's creator.

11.The Good Doctor
12-12-19821hother characters: Landlord After a research scientist is murdered during a party at Matt's place, a mutual friend of the victim asks Matt to investigate.

12.The Rock and The Hard Place
02-01-19831hAn upcoming fight appears rigged when murder uncovers the champion's (Dorian Harewood) physical problems and his wife's alcoholism.

13.The Purrfect Crime
09-01-19831hother characters: John The four ex-wives of a wealthy cat-food manufacturer mauled to death by a pet tiger hire Matt to solve the crime so they can collect the money from the will...

14.The Yacht Club Murders
16-01-19831hother characters: Dorian After a reunion with a secret childhood love, she asks Matt for help, fearing someone may die at a yacht-club party.

15.Whose Party Is It Anyway?
23-01-19831hFake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.

16.Get Houston
20-02-19831hother characters: Cletus Simms From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) hires escaped convicts to kill Houston.

17.The Visitors
27-02-19831hMatt must verify or disprove an alleged UFO encounter during which a scientist suffered a fatal heart attack.

18.Here's Another Fine Mess
06-03-19831hAfter costumed killers try to kill C.J. by forcing her off the road, she learns all her college sorority sisters are also in danger.

19.The Beverly Hills Social Club
13-03-19831hother characters: Carter A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.

20.The Showgirl Murders
20-03-19831hother characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer) When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blacko...

21.Fear For Tomorrow
03-04-19831hother characters: Kitchen Worker (possibly Randy or Tyler) A codebook and a cryptic message provide Matt his only clues to preventing the predicted deaths of thousands.

22.A Deadly Parlay
10-04-19831hAfter Matt is found leaning over the dead body of a jockey (Lynn-Holly Johnson), he is charged with murder.

23.A Novel Way To Die
17-04-19831hWhen a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.

24.The Hunted
24-04-19831hother characters: Senator Delaney, Sony C.J. is held hostage by a famous criminal (Martin Landau) in order to free his terrorist son held by authorities on Matt's eyewitness testi...
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